As a result, the mounting plate got a little higher above the mainboard, giving me 1.5-2 millimeters that were necessary for proper contact:

By the way, I had no such problem on the LGA775 platform.

Next you should connect the cooler to the PCI controller and to the mainboard. It’s simple because the connectors differ in shape and you can’t confuse them. You can also find the connection diagram in the user manual (a 690KB PDF file).

Considering the weight of the cooler, which is 1035 grams, Titan has provided for it to be hung in the system case by means of two cords with spring-loaded locks that you can find in the cooler box. The cords proved to be longer than necessary and I had to wind them around the system case’s stiffening rib, but that was o.k. What’s more important, there had been vibration from the cooler’s two fans, but it vanished as soon as I attached the cords.

As for orienting the cooler on Socket 754/939/940 mainboards, you can position it in any way you think proper by changing the position of the fastening plates with the barrels. The manufacturer’s website says that different mounting plates must be used for Socket AM2 and they are not included with the Titan Amanda TEC (TTC-NP02TZ).

Here is a picture of the cooler installed into a Socket 939 platform:

Note that the cooler’s air stream is directed towards the rear panel of the case where a 120mm 1000rpm fan is located, but the cooler’s exhaust fan is shifted a little relative to the system one. As you can guess, the efficiency of the Titan Amanda TEC depends largely on the airflows inside the system case. For example, it finds itself higher and almost abuts on the 120mm system fan on the Intel platform:

It would be ideal if the exhaust fan of the Amanda TEC were throwing hot air right at a system fan with the same rotation speed. The air would be exhausted out of the system case as if by a tunnel. But of course, the position of the CPU socket on the mainboard and the design of your system case are going to affect this. Note that the Amanda TEC’s fan can even hit against the rear panel or the fan in that panel in some system cases. The dimensions of the cooler from the center of the socket: 85mm length to either side and 47.5mm width to either side. The distance from the mainboard surface to the bottom of the cooler is 48mm.

I want to add a few words about the PCI controller to finish this section of the review:

There are three indicators on the mounting bracket of that card which tell you the status of the Peltier element. The green indicator means that the Peltier element is turned off; this occurs when the CPU temperature is below 25°C. Orange means that the temperature is higher than that and the Peltier unit is turned on. The red indicator would mean that the CPU temperature is below 15°C or higher than 70°C and the card’s speaker would start to beep at that. You can also hear it beep when you shut down your computer.